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Ken Domik KBDProductionsTV YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/KBDProductionsTV Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/@kendomik FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/KBDProductionsTV/162219386763 Google+ - https://plus.google.com/113137194334536004205/posts Backlot Stunt Coaster Main article: Backlot Stunt Coaster Backlot Stunt Coaster (formerly The Italian Job: Stunt Track), the fourteenth roller coaster added to the park, is unlike any other ride at Canada's Wonderland. Rather than starting with a traditional chain lift hill, this ride uses state-of-the-art linear induction motors (LIMs) to horizontally launch the train (made up of three ¾-scale Mini Cooper S cars) from zero to 60 km/h. The ride was themed after the MINI chase scene in the 2003 movie, The Italian Job. [edit]Statistics Type: Steel launched - sit down Status: Open Opened: May 1, 2005 Manufacturer: Premier Rides Engineering: Werner Stengel Lift/Launch System: LIM Launch track Dimensions: 56,000 sq ft (5,200 m²) Height: 45 ft (13.7 m) Drop: 31 ft (9.4 m) Length: 1,960 ft (597.4 m) Max Speed: 65 km/h (40 mph) Maximum degree of banked turns: 88° Duration: 1:04 Capacity: 1,000 riders per hour approximately Inversions: 0 Features: Three launch sections. Trains: 3 trains, with 3 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 12 riders per train. Restrictions: Riders must be 48 in (1.12 m) or taller to ride. Thrill: 5 Backlot Stunt Coaster is a high-speed stunt car adventure that combines Hollywood special effects with high tech coaster thrills. Guests board their very own tricked out MINI Cooper S for a multi-sensory stunt car adventure, and as the custom stunt car MINIs peel out, everyone is transported into the stunt chase sequence. Drivers twist through a parking garage, dodge near-collisions, race down stairs, chase through tunnels and narrowly escape massive explosions triggered by gunfire from a menacing helicopter. Tires skid out one last time as the stunt cars crash through a billboard and splash down into an L.A. aqueduct concluding the chase sequence and their screen test trial as a stunt driver. Backlot Stunt Coaster is a multiple LIM (linear induction motor) launch circuit coaster. Trains are propelled in the station with drive tires and in the launch and boost zones by linear induction motors. Linear induction motors are propulsion units that are used where either high thrust or high speed propulsion is needed. There are three separate launch zones on the Backlot Stunt Coaster. Information from... www.ultimaterollercoaster.com